Infrastructure security

National Security Agency. Upon October 26, 2001 the United States Congress passed the Patriot Act. This law authorized both civilian and military counterterrorism agencies the…

In today’s world, US citizens have to be very cautious. I find myself being paranoid about every little thing; the people around me, Internet scams, etc. We have state of the art technology and we can get away with crazy stuff sometimes. I see it in the news all the time; “internet threats” from foreign countries, text messages about “bombing monuments”, and odd “code” language from American citizens. Because of technology, there is a form of communication that can cause horrific events. This is…

Figure 6 shows Internal Security settings that were not set as high as they might have been to aide in threats that require a human response. Lesson 7: Invest in good technological defenses, but do not under invest in people who will be operating this equipment. Another, related lesson learned here is the need to strive to be excellent, rather than average. This stems from the view that we had taken during many simulation results that we were still doing "pretty good" when looked at in the…

The Greatest Threat to U.S. National Security Victor Hollifield INTL443 Foreign Intelligence Organizations Dr. Valerie Davis May 22, 2016 The Greatest Threat to U.S. National Security The United States is known to have the most technological advanced intelligence collection capabilities compared to other countries such as China, Iran, and Russia. However, since the end of the Cold War and the global expansion of the internet, nations such as those mentioned before have amplified…

initiative to change it. “On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed Executive Order 13636, “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” The Executive Order is designed to increase the level of core capabilities for our critical infrastructure to manage cyber risk” (Foreign Policy p.1). The main goal of Executive Order 13636 is to improve the United States posture on cyber security through information sharing, cybersecurity practices, and privacy. The primary research methodology will be…

This would be crucial in elevating the knowledge level that citizens would possess on security matters and as a result, more jobs and improved cooperation. 2. How does the federal government address incidents of cybercrime and cyberterrorism within an overarching cybersecurity and critical infrastructure plan? Cyberterrorism refers to the malicious computer-based threats or attacks carried out against information systems by non-state actors with…

preponderant challenges emerge in today’s society related to governmental security breaches and public mass shootings, higher education institutions are placing more accentuation than ever upon risk mitigation. Within the IT department at Southside Virginia Community College, risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to factors focusing on human characteristics behaviour and its impacts on information security ultimately associated with risks. To be prosperous,…

Penetration tests assesses the overall security. It is the process of attempting to gain access to resources without knowledge of specific user names, their passwords, or other normal means of access (similar to what an attacker would do). The big different between a penetration tester and an attacker basically is permission. A penetration tester will already have some permissions (such as an normal user account) in place from the owner or managers of the computing resources that are to be…

I was completely exhausted as my feet ached with pain from standing. After seeing twenty plus patients with Dr. Martin Christensen, I relished the brief period of time between patients in which I was aloud to sit. However, Dr. Christensen was still running on all cylinders, just as he had earlier that morning. In between cases, Dr. Christensen had just enough time to take a sip of coffee before handing me his spare stethoscope and blistering down the hallway to see his next patient. As soon as…

with the involvement of disgruntled patients or family members and facility security. In the past two years this department has grown and continues to grow with the increase issues with workplace violence. I was surprised to learn that police hired by the hospital have the same privileges as city and state police and have the ability to enforce all laws; I guess I always considered them more in the role of a “security guard” not an actual police officer. I am not sure if the hospital…